Making a difference to suppliers

The wind industry has grown by around 20% annually for the last 20 years. We have been part of this story and are now at the heart of industrialisation in the UK. We help businesses to engage with wind industry customers and to achieve success in supplying to the industry.


Our rapport with wind industry purchasers and R&D leaders gives us insights into the needs and motivations of specific customers. A number of our team have worked for many years within supply chain businesses, understanding how to be profitable while delivering excellence to the industry.

We provide:

  • Market and technology forecasting for business leaders, shaping their strategies.
  • Design review and business development support in shaping and bringing new products to market.
  • Targeted industry intelligence, identifying specific opportunities and enabling confident decision-making.
  • Introductions to decision-makers and facilitating relationships.
  • Advice in establishing manufacturing facilities in the UK.
  • Support in adapting to the needs and culture of a fast-growing sector.

 

We have helped to align the strengths of major aerospace, oil and gas, and automotive players with the wind industry and supported their engagement with key wind industry players. From a low baseline, these companies are now employing hundreds of engineers and technicians serving the wind industry and embracing the cultural change needed to respond to the wind industry’s rapid growth and technical challenges.

On behalf of the UK Government, we undertook a comprehensive assessment of UK ports, leading to the first ‘ports prospectus’ for the offshore wind industry. We used this in engaging potential inward investors and linking them with UK port owners and national and regional enablers. We have provided both commercial and engineering support both to ports and their potential new users, using our industry knowledge and contacts to bring the right people together and assessing port infrastructure for manufacturing and construction use.

We have long-term relationships with start-up technology providers as they seek both investment and customers. We have often changed the direction of technology activities, through our combined technical and market understanding.

  

“Since 2005, the team at BVG Associates has been really useful in helping Insensys understand the wind energy marketplace and to provide introductions and specific advice from their extensive knowledge of the industry and the key influencing individuals.”  
Toby King, Managing Director of Moog Insensys

"We have found BVG Associates helpful and flexible. We value their technical and market understanding and their Government connections.”
Giles Hundleby, Project Director, Clean Energy, Ricardo UK Ltd

"BVG Associates insight into the wind industry has been very valuable to us in giving confidence that we are working on the right technical issues"
Anonymous

“The industrialisation of the wind industry in the UK is a complex issue and someone needs to be able to bring the different strands together. BVG Associates is doing that in a way that few others can."
John Hill, Converteam

“BVG Associates has been a great help in a number of areas of our UK operations. In particular we were grateful for their assistance in helping us grow our research capability centered around wind turbine rotors on the Isle of Wight. The company understands our business and it plays a valuable role in enhancing the wind industry supply chain in the UK.”
Ian Chatting, Vice President, Vestas Technology, UK   

"BVG Associates has given us insights into the wind industry which have proved invaluable whilst building business in this exciting arena. Their passion and depth of knowledge, plus an ability to introduce us to key players, has really made a difference to Peel Ports."
Captain Stephen M Gobbi, Group Marine Director, Peel Ports

"BVG Associates has unparalleled knowledge across the offshore wind industry as a whole and provides an excellent well-networked insight into the needs of the industry"
Anonymous

"In helping us to assess the potential and progress of Energy Technologies Institute projects, BVG Associates brings insights that can only be gained from designing and building wind turbines.”
Andrew Haslett, Director - Strategy Development, Energy Technologies Institute

"BVG Associates was recommended as the consultants best placed to add value to our demand and need study. The work they did was vital and guided us in helping develop a targeted vision and move towards a delivery strategy for the PowerPark."
Jason Wells, Project Manager, 1st East

"BVG Associates unparalleled knowledge and experience of the offshore wind industry has proved an invaluable support to us, both at a strategic level, in articulating our regional 'offer', and in brokering direct relationships within the industry."
Graham Tubb, Head of Environmental & Energy Technologies, SEEDA